Inking mechanism



July 24, 1951 R. K. HOLTZ INKING MECHANISM 5 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORFiled Sept. 10, 1948 July 24, 1951 5' Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 10,1948 I 1 lslllll INVENTOR RAYMOND K. HOLTZ July 24, 1951 R. K. HOLTZINKING MECHANISM 5 Sheets-Sheet-S Filed Sept. 10, 1948 INVENTOR R. K.HOLTZ INKING MECHANISM July 24, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Sept. 10,1948 INVENTOR RAYMOND K.H o| T2 W /4 u,

July 24, 1951 V R. K. HOLTZ 2,561,373

INKING MECHANISM Filed Sept. 10, 1948 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 NNNNNN OR RAYMONDK. HOLT 2 @W 7 Patented July 24, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE toMiller Printing Machinery 00., Pittsburgh,

Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application' septeni at 10,

1' This invention relates to inking mechanism,- particularly inkingmechanism for-- printing presses. It has to do with inking mechanismwh'ich'is movable into and out of cooperative relationship With the formrollers "of a printing 6 press, such, for example, as inking mechanismbf,- theso-called rollaway type. Y Inking mechanism is wellknownwhich---can be bodily removed or rolled away from a printing press withwhichtheinking -mechanism is 16" adapted to be used to facilitate workon the press when the press is not being used for printing, as forexample, when a form is being made ready, and also toprovide'forcleaning and'repair of parts of the press andinkingmechanism.

The form inking rollers are mounted inthe press and the inking mechanismwhich delivers ink from the ink fountain to the form rollers isseparated from the form rollers when it is moved away. The inkingmechanismcomprises-anink- 20 fountain'and suitable means for working-upthe ink and delivering the worked up inkto thefform" rollers, whichmeans may include'an inkdrum, a dllCtOll'OllGl or rollersbetweenthe inkfountain and the ink drum, a vibrator rolleror rollers foooperatingdirectly with the form rollers and an ink transfer roller or rollersbetweenhe ink drum and the vibrator roller or rollers. 1 It isfrequently necessary when-the-inker is disposed in its inoperativeposition away from the press to remove the form rollers 'ordento gainaccess to portions of the press to be worked on. The form rollers aremounted in the press" in position to ink the form during operationfof"the press. The working surfaces-of the'form rollers are eithercomposition or rubber-and} of course, are covered with ink. They cannotbe set down on their working surfaces because the'roll ers would therebybe deformed and because anything coming in contact with the workingsur-" 4 faces of the form rollers would be smeared with ink. It has beennecessary to specially provide a place to dispose the form rollers whenthey have been removed so that they are supported'by' their shafts withtheir working surfaces'out or contact with the support. Moreover theform rollers are long and heavy, particularly in the larger sizedpresses, and it has generally'been necessary for two 'men Workingtogether to remove the form rollers individually one after the'other.When the form rollers are replaced they have to be replaced in similarfashion. Thus a very considerable amount of work has been required to:remove and replace the form rollers-in additionto the fact that it hasbeen necessary tospeci-ally providea place to dispose the form rollerswhen removed from the press so that they will be supported by theirshafts at the ends of the rollers instead of upon their workingsurfaces.

I have been devised inking mechanism which is movable into and out ofcooperative relationship with respect to'the press, 1. e. into and outofposition to deliver ink to the form rollers, and whichmay be sooperated-that when desired the form rollers maybe automatically removedfrom 'thepress and 'carried'along with the inker. Thus the problem ofremoving and disposing the formrollers "as above explained is obviated,it being unnecessary to even so much as touch the form'rollers by handwhen it is desired to remove them along with the inking mechanism. Whenthe form rollers are removed along with the inking mechanism they aresupported by their shafts at the ends thereof and are maintained out ofcontact with all other rollers. They are not set down on their workingsurfaces so there is no danger of their becoming deformed or ofsmearing'ink upon any supporting device.

I'provide'inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller meanscarried thereby and removable'therefrom, means for delivering ink to theform-roller means, the ink delivering means being-movable into and outof location adjacent the'f'orm'roller means when carried by the support,'spring means normallyurging the ink delivering means out of saidlocation, means for holding the inkdelivering means in said locatioriagainst the action of the spring means and :an operating membershiftableto position to engageytheform roller means and remove thesame from" thesupport upon movement of the ink deliveringm'eans, in response to actionof the spring means, out of said location. The means forholding-utheiink. deliveringlmeans in said location againstltheaction ofthe spring means may includeaj'rotatable cam and an operating membertherefonl' Preferably the ink delivering means is movable into.-: andout .ofrlocation adjacent'the form roller meanssonia track and meansmovable transversely of the track are provided for positioning the-ink.delivering means for-movement along the track; Thel'tra'ck may be a,generally horizontal track and'the' means movable transversely of thetra'ckforpositioning the ink delivering means for movement along thetrack'may be generally vertically movable. Such means may displace theinkdelivering' means to align a portion thereof with the track 'so that"such portion will engage and=1ride.along the track upon movement oi"the 3 ink delivering means therealong, the operating member being insuch case shiftable to position to engage the form roller means andremove the same generally upwardly from the support upon angulardisplacement of the ink delivering means. The displacement of the inkdelivering means to align a portion thereof with the track so that suchportion will engage and ride along the track upon movement of the inkdelivering means therealong may be an angular displacement; in otherwords the ink delivering means may be turned in a generally verticalplane from an operative position relatively to the form rollers to aninoperative position relatively thereto.

I further provide inking mechanism comprising a support, form rollermeans carried thereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering inkto the form roller means, the ink delivering means being movable intoand out of location adjacent the form roller means when carried by saidsupport, means carried by the ink delivering means movable to positionto engage the form roller means and remove the same from said supportupon movement of the ink delivering means out of said location and anoperating device for moving the last mentioned means to and from saidposition. There may be provided a guideway on the ink delivering meansand means movable along the guideway into and out of position to engagethe form roller means and remove the same from the support upon movementof the ink delivering means out of location adjacent the form rollermeans, the operating device moving the last mentioned means along theguideway. The operating device may include a turnable member and a linkconnected with the turnable member and the form roller engaging meansfor moving the latter along the guideway.

The form roller engaging means may comprise opposed means carried by theink delivering means adjacent the opposite ends of the form rollermeans, in which case means are provided for simultaneouslycorrespondingly operating the opposed means. There may be an operatingdevice having a portion disposed at the side of the inking mechanismwhere it may be manually operated. Desirably operating means are alsoprovided which are manually operable from the side of the inkingmechanism for moving the ink delivering means into and out of locationadjacent the form roller means.

I also provide inking mechanism comprising an ink fountain, a fountainroll receiving ink from the ink fountain, means for bodily displacingthe ink fountain and fountain roll, as toward and away from a press withwhich the inking mechanism is used, means for turning the fountain rolland a control device selectively cooperable with said displacing meansand said turning means whereby upon operation of the control deviceselectively the ink fountain and fountain roll may be bodily displacedand the fountain roll may be turned. The control device is preferablyshiftable between a position in which it engages the means for bodilydisplacing the ink fountain and fountain roll and a position in which itengages the means for turning the fountain roll. There may be meansincluding a turnable member for bodily displacing the ink fountain andfountain roll, means including a second turnable member for turning thefountain roll, the turnable members being coaxial, and a control deviceshiftable between a position in which it engages the first mentionedturnable member to turn thesame and a position in which it enanism and aportion of a printing press with which the inking mechanism iscooperable, the inking mechanism being shown in operative position withrespect to the press;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the inking mechanism inangularly displaced position ready to be moved away from the press whileleaving the form rollers in position in the press;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figures 1 and 2 showing the inkingmechanism removed from the press with the form rollers remaining inposition in the press;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the form rollersremoved from their bearings and supported by the inking mechanism inposition to move away from the press along with the inking mechanism;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view to enlarged scale of a portion ofthe mechanism; and

Figure 6 is a vertical longitudinal cross-sectional view taken on theline VIV'I of Figure 5.

My invention is embodied in the apparatus shown in the drawings, whichapparatus is the same apparatus as is shown in the drawings of anapplication of Gordon Montgomery, Serial No. 48,581, filed of even dateherewith.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown aprinting press designated generally by reference numeral 2 which may beof conventional flat bed and cylinder type and which may operate innormal manner in printing. Since the invention is concerned only withthe inking mechanism the remainder of the press is not shown. The presshas adjacent opposite sides thereof and extending longitudinally of thepress in parallel relation bars 3 each carrying brackets the brackets tbeing arranged in opposed pairs as shown in Figure 5. There are as manypairs of brackets 4 as there are form rollers in the press. Each bracket4 is slidable along the bar 3 which carries it so as to assume a desiredadjusted position on the bar and is fastened in such position by a setscrew 5.

Each bracket i has a portion 6 projecting inwardly of the press from thebar 3 carrying the bracket and which carries at its inner end anupwardly open form roller bearing '1 vertically adjustable by anadjusting screw 8. The bearings are thus disposed in transverselyaligned pairs as shown in Figure 5, each being adapted to havea formroller shaft portion to be carried thereby disposed therein by generalldownward movement and removed therefrom by generally upward movement.

There are shown two form rollers 29. Any desired number of form rollersmay be employed, one or more. Each form roller has an enlarged centralor working portion necks H at both ends of the portion it and shaftportions if at the ends of the roller connected with the necks l I, theshaft portions i? being, when the form rollers are in use, journaled inthe bearings 7. Each shaft portion [2 extends outwardly beyond the outeredge of the corresponding bearing I .as-

shown in Figure 5. The press bed which carries the type form moves underand incontact'withthebottoms of the portions ID of the form rollers, theform rollers thus inking the form. Ink is delivered to the form rollersby ink delivering means now to be described.

The inking mechanism comprises a frame-having opposed frame members I3which extend-in generally vertical planes parallel to each other. Theframe members I3 are suitably fastened together by cross members notshown. Journaled' inthe frame members I3'is a shaft I4. Adjacentopposite ends of theshaft I 4 and disposed-inside the respective framemembers 13 are pinions I5 which are keyed to the-shaft I4.- The pressframe 2-has an extension I6 which comprises opposed portions extendinglongitudinally of the pressbeneath'the pinions I5, each'such' portionhaving fastened to its upper surface an upwardly facing rack I"! withwhich one of the pinions I5 meshes; the inker frame comprising the framemembers I3 and the mechanism carried thereby being partially supportedby the press frame extension I6 through the racks I'I; As will presentlyappear the inker frame may be bodily angularly displaced about the axisof the shaft I4. v

The opposed portions of the press frame extension I6 also have tracksI8'and each of the inker frame members I3 carries a roller I9 adaptedduring movement of the inker toward and away from the press, as will bepresently explained, to ride on one of the tracks I 8. At the right handend of each track I8, viewing Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, there is a trackextension member which is vertically movable and which when in itsuppermost position has its upper surface at the level of the uppersurface of the corresponding track I8 and in longitudinal alignmenttherewith so as in effect to form a short extension of the track. Eachextension member 20 has a sleeve 2I projecting downwardly therefromthrough which passes a bolt 22 having a head 23. Each member 20 has asocket 24 receiving the head 23 of the corresponding bolt 22, upwardmovement of the member 20 being limited by engagement of the bottom ofthe socket 24 with the under surface of the bolt head 23. Each bolt 22'and sleeve 2I are disposed within a bore 25 in'the" press frameextension I6 and each bolt 22 is screwed into the press frame extension.A com-" pression coil spring 26 is confined in the bottom of the boreand presses upwardly against the bot-' tom surface of the sleeve 2| so.as'normally to" maintain the member 20 in its uppermost 'posi' tion asshown in Figures 2, 3 and 4. The springs" 26 are strong enough to holdthe members 20 in posed above one of the eccentrics 30 having avertically oriented tapped hole into which'is threaded a bolt 32 havinga head 33, a nut 34 being adapted to be threaded onto each bolt 32 andturned up'against the corresponding exten-. sion 3| to maintain the boltin adjusted position. Each extension 3| is counterbored at to provideclearance for the bolt head 33' upon vertical.

adjustment of the bolt. When the inker" is operative position relativelyto the press eaehoi the; eccentrics 30 is adapted to engage the bottomsurface of the corresponding bolt head 33. -But at the same time therespective rollers I9 aredisposed upon the track-extensions 20. With-thebolts 32 are fixedly positioned in the press frame.

exteifsions' fltui ning of the eccentrics 30 causes angular-displacementof the inker frame in the clockwise direction viewing Figure 1-,'suchangu lar displacement being accompanied by-downward depressionof'the track extension 20 bythe" ro1lers-I- 9whioh are disposedthereupon as shown i'n' Fi'gurel Whe'n-'the inker frame has-been thusang ul'arly displaced about the axis of' the' shaft I! the inker is inoperative relationship-with respect to the p'ressan'd the inkdelivering-means, presently to be described, are in position to deliver'ink'to th'e'fo'rm rollers 9.

The '-'ink delivering" means comprises an"inkfountain 36 havingafountain-rollSl for-deliv ering ink from the ink fountain in usual"man-"- ner.- The fountain roll 31 is keyed to a shaft 38"disposed-generally above the shaft I4. There is provided the usual inkdrum 39 and-aductor roller 40 for transferring ink from the fountainroll'3'I- tothe ink drum 39. Ink on the ink drum 39 is worked up byrollers I l and'4 2, the lattertransferring-ink tothe "vibratorroller-43 which" in turn seats in the saddle between the twoformrollers*-9- and transfersthe ink to the form rollers. Theink-transferring and working up functions may beperformed inconventional manner and the 'invention'isnot-dependent upon any particulanarrangement of ink delivering means. It is sufficient to point outthat when the inker is in operative position'relatively to the press asshown in'Figure l the 'vibrator'roller 43 seats in the saddle'be'tweenthetwo form rollers 9 and deliv ersink' thereto.

With' the parts in operative position as'shown in Figure 1, 'when it isdesired to roll the inker away'from' thepress the handle 29 is operatedto turnthe shaft 2! through approximately which'in'turn rotates theeccentrics 30 through afslmilarangleso that the high points of the ec=-"centrics are disposed downwardly relatively to theaxis 'Of' the shaft 2!as shown in FiguresZf 3 "and 4;" Such turning of the shaft 2'! is accom=panied by upward movement of the track extensions 20 under the action ofthe compression coil" springs 26, the members 20 being stopped whentheir'upper surfaces are in alignment with the upper surfaces of thetracks I 8 by the bolt heads 23'as above explained But upward movement"of the "members 29 causes consonant upward movement of the rollers I9which at the time restupon the members 20, and such upward movementofthe rollers I9 in turn causes angular displacement of the inker aboutthe axis of the shaft I4- from the position shown in Figure l'to theposition shown in Figures 2 and 4. 'Such" angular-displacement of theinker raises the vi brator'roller -43 out of contact with the form'rollers '9 and so that its lowermost point is above theuppermost pointsof the form rollers 9, thus providingfor movement of the inker towardthe left away from the press without interference between the vibratorroller and the form rollers.

Movement ofthe inker away from the press is 1' ler/.3.

are keyed to the shaft I4 and mesh with the stationary racks ll turningof the shaft 14 in the counterclockwise direction viewing Figure 1causes the pinions i5 to turn relatively to the racks ii and hence theinker frame andevery+ thing carried thereby is bodily linearly displacedtoward the left. During such displacement of the inker the rollers l9ride .upon the tracks [8. The inker is shown in position spaced from thepress in Figure 3.

When it is desired to return the inker to operative position the shaft54 is turned in the clockwise direction until the inker assumes theposition of Figures 2 and 4 whereupon the shaft 21 is turned throughapproximately 180 to cause the eccentrics to angularly displace theinker back to the position of Figure 1 with the vibrator roller 43 inengagement with the form rollers 9 so as to deliver ink thereto.

Extending through the inker frame from side to side is a shaft 44. Theshaft 44 projects out.- wardly at at least one side of the inker and hasfastened thereto an operating handle 45 for turning the shaft.Projecting from the inker frame member 53 at the side where theoperating handle 45 is disposed are two stop pins 46 for limitingturning of the shaft 44 by engaging the handle 45. The pins 45 permitturning of the shaft 44 through approximately 180.

Connected with each of the inker frame member 13 is a stud 47, the shaft44 and the stud 41 at each side of the inker frame serving as supportsand guides for a slide 48. Each of the opDOSed slides 48 has a slot 49receiving the corresponding stud 4'! and an open ended slot 50 receivingthe shaft 44. Thus each slide 48 is supported and guided by the shaft 44and one of the studs 48 for movement longitudinally of the inker frame.

The shaft 44 has fastened thereto at a point spaced slightly inwardlyfrom each of the inker frame members iii a disc 5| having flattenedupper and lower faces 52. Pivoted to each disc 5! by a pin 53 is asomewhat L-shaped link 54 pivoted to one of the slides 48 at 55. Eachslide 48 is movable between a position toward the right as shown inFigures 1, 4, 5 and 6 and a position toward the left as shown in Figures2 and 3. When the handle 45 is in the position shown in Figure 5 incontact with the upper surface of i the right hand pin 45 the slide istoward the right. When the handle 45 is turned through approximately 180so as to turn the shaft 44 in the counterclockwise direction viewingFigures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 through approximately 180 the slides 43 are bythe links 54 pulled toward the left to the position in which they areshown in Figures 2 and 3. The links 54 are bent so as to enable them toextend around the shaft 44 when the parts are in the position shown inFigures 2 and 3.

As shown in Figure 5 the slides 48 are disposed against the innersurfaces of the inker frame members #3 and are spaced slightly outwardlyfrom the vertical plane containing the ends of the shaft portions l2.Each of the slides 48 carries inwardly projecting lifting members 56which are spaced apart on centers a distance equal to the horizontaldistance between the axes of the form rollers and, when the parts are inthe position of Figures 1, 4, 5 and 6, directly underli the ends of theshaft portions I2 as shown in Figure 5. With the parts thus positionedthe lifting members 56 are spaced slightly below the respective shaftportions l2. Each of the lifting members 56 has in its upper surface achannel 5;! of the same curvature as the shaft portions 12 so that uponupward movement of the lifting members 56 relatively to the form rollers9 the lifting members will engage the under surfaces of the shaftportions 12 adjacent the ends .of the form rollers and raise the formrollers upwardly so that the shaft portions l2 rise out of the upwardlyopen bearings 1. When the slides are in the position shown in Figures 1,4, i5, and 6 and the shaft 2? is turned to permit angular displacementof the inker in the counterclockwise direction about the axis of theshaft I4 viewing Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 as above described the liftingmembers 55 engage the bottom surfaces of the shaft portions Q2 of theform rollers 9 and lift them up out of the bearings I until the shaftportions 12 are at a height such that the inker can be rolled away fromthe press as above explained without interference by the bearings 7.Thus instead of the inker being moved away from the press leaving theform rollers in position in the press the form rollers are carried awayalong with the inker. This obviates the manual handling of the formrollers and the difliculties in connection therewith which have beenexplained above.

When the inker is returned to operative position the form rollers comeback with it and are replaced in their bearings I as shown in Figure 1.

If it is desired to roll the inker away from the press while leaving theform rollers in their bearings i the handle 45 is turned so as to turnthe shaft 44 in the counterclockwise direction viewing Figure 6 aboutits axis thereby moving the slides 48 to their lefthand positions asshown in Figures 2 and 3. When the slides are thus positioned thelifting members 56 are offset from the shaft portions l2 of the formrollers 9. When the inker is angularly displaced to the position shownin Figure 2 the lifting members 55 simply rise without carrying the formrollers with them, the right hand lifting members 56 rising high enoughso that when the inker is rolled away to the left they will pass overtop of the ends of the shaft portions 12 of the form rollers 9, leavingthe form rollers in place in their bearings l as shown in Figures 2 and3. Figure 2 shows the inker in angularly displaced position ready to berolled away with the lifting members 56 in inoperative position andFigure 3 shows the inker in rolled away position leaving the formrollers 9 in place in their bearings l. Figures 2 and 4 correspond toeach other except that in Figure 4 the lifting members 55 are inoperative position and have lifted the form rollers up out of theirbearings i so that when the inker is rolled away to the left the formrollers will go with the inker, leaving the bearings 1 empty and hencethe space therebetween available for work.

The discs 5! may slide along surfaces of the press frame disposedthereabove or therebelow or both during movement of the inker toward andaway from the press, the flattened portions 52 of the discs thusinsuring against accidental turning of the shaft 44 while the inker isbeing rolled out or back. This insures maintenance of the slides 48 andlifting members 55 in their initial position, whichever position thatmay be, during the entire time when the inker is moving out and back.

Outside the inker frame the shaft 14 has a pin 58 passing therethroughand projecting out:

caterers 9 ..wardly; therefrom ..at both sides. Mountedgfor=.sliding;movement.along the shaft Mis ahandle 59having at its: outerportion a hub 60 slotted -.at' 6]: and having: at its inner portion andintegral therewith a gear 62. An idler pinion I33 rotatably mounted on astub shaft 64 meshes with a gear 65 fixed to the shaft 38. The'handle59cmay be moved axially of the shaft l4 so that either the slots 6|embrace the pin 53 or the gear 62 meshes with thepinion 63. When thehandle 59 is in position with the slots 6| embracing the pin 58 and thehandle is operated to turn about the axis of the shaft M the shaft I 4is turned, resulting in movement of the inker toward or 'away from thepress, depending upon the direction of turning of the handle. When thegear B2 is in mesh with the pinion 63 and the handle "is turned itcauses turning of the fountain roll 31 through the gear 65.

YWhile I have shown and described a present preferred embodiment of theinvention it is to be distinctly understoodthat the invention is notlimited thereto but may be otherwise'variously embodied within the scopeof the following claims.

I claim: I 1. Inking mechanismcomprising a support, formroller meanscarried thereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to theform roller means, the ink delivering means being movable into and outoflocation adjacent the form roller means when carried by said support,spring means normally urging the ink delivering means out of 'saidlocation, means for holding the ink delivering means'in said locationagainst theaction of the spring means and an operating merri bershiftable to position to engage the form roller means and remove thesame from said support upon movement of the ink delivering means, in

response to action of said location. a

2. Inking mechanism comprising asupport, form roller means carriedthereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to the formroller means, the ink delivering means being movable into and out oflocationnadjacent the form roller means when carried by said support,spring means normally urging the ink delivering means out of saidlocation, means including a rotatable cam and an operating membertherefor for holding the ink delivering means in said location againstthe action of the springmeansandan operating member shiftabletopositionto engage the form roller means and remove the same. from saidsupport upon movement of the ink'delive'r ing means out of saidlocation.

3. Inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller means carriedthereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to the formroller means, a track on which the ink delivering means is movable intoand out of location adjacent the form roller means when carried by saidsupport, means movable transversely of the track for positioning the inkdelivering means for movement along the track and an operating membershiftable to position to engage the form roller means and remove thesame from said support upon operation of said transversely movablemeans.

4. Inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller means carriedthereby and removable generally upwardly therefrom, means for deliveringink to the form roller means, a generally horizontal track on which theink delivering means is movable into and out of location adthe springmeans, out of jacent the form rollerzlmeans when-carried by said.support, generally: vertically movable means for angularly displacingthe ink delivering means to align a portion thereof with the track sothat such portion will engage and ride along 1 the track upon movementof the ink delivering means therealong and an operating member shiftableto position to engage the form roller means and remove the samegenerally upwardly 10 from said support upon angular displacement of theink delivering means.

' 5. Inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller means carriedthereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink-to the formroller means, the inkdelivering means being mov able into and outof'location adjacent the form roller means when carried by said support,a guideway onthe inkdelivering means, means mo-vablealong theguidewayinto and out of position to engage the form roller means and remove thesame fromsaid support upon movement of the ink' delivering mean's'outo'fsaid location and an operating device for moving the engaging meansalong the guideway. I

6; Inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller means carriedthereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to the formroller means, the ink delivering means {being movable into and out'oflocation adjacent the form roller means when-carried bysaid support,

- a guideway on the ink delivering means, means movable along theguideway into and out of posi tion to engage the form roller means andremove the same from said support upon movement 13d f the inkdelivering-means out of said location I and means including a turnablemember and a linkconnected with the turnable member and 'the engagingmeans for moving the engaging means along the guideway.

-40 "7.Inking mechanism comprising a support, a

'form' rolle'r' carried thereby and removable therefrom, means fordelivering ink to the form'roller, the ink delivering means beingmovable into and out of location adjacent the form roller when carriedby said" support and during such movemer t being sequentially angularlyand linearly d i splaceable, means carried by the ink deliver-'in'g"means movable to position to engage the form rollerla'nd removethe same from said sup" port upon movement of the inkdelivering means"out of said location, an operating device having a portion disposed atthe side of the inking mechanism "where it may be manually operated formoving said last mentioned means into and out of'saidpos'ition, a secondoperating device havingTa-iportion disposed at the" side of the inkingmechanism where it may be manually operated for controlling angulardisplacement of the ink delivering means and a third operating devicehaving a portion disposed at the side of the inking mechanism where itmay be manually operated for controlling linear displacement of the inkdelivering means.

8. Inking mechanism comprising a support, a form roller carried therebyand removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to the form roller,the ink delivering means being movable into and out of location adjacentthe form roller when carried by said support and during said 7 movementbeing sequentially angularly and linearly displaceable, opposed meanscarried by the ink delivering means adjacent the opposite ends of theform roller movable to position to engage the opposite ends of the formroller and remove the same from said support upon movement of the inkdelivering means out of said location, an operating device having aportion disposed at the side of the inking mechanism where it may bemanually operated for simultaneously correspondingly moving said opposedmeans into and out of said position, a second operating device having aportion disposed at the side of the inking mechanism where it may bemanually operated for controlling angular displacement of the inkdelivering means and a third operating device having a portion disposedat the side of the inking mechanism where it may be manually operatedfor controlling linear displacement of the ink delivering means.

9. Inking mechanism comprising a support, form roller means carriedthereby and removable therefrom, means for delivering ink to the formroller means, the ink delivering means being movable into and out oflocation adjacent the form roller means when carried by said support andduring such movement being sequentially angularly and linearlydisplaceable, opposed guideways on the ink delivering means, opposedmeans movable along the respective guideways adjacent the opposite endsof the form roller means to position to engage the opposite ends of theform roller means and remove the same from said support upon movement ofthe ink delivering means out of said location, an operating devicehaving a portion disposed at the side of the inking mechanism where itmay be manually operated for simultaneously correspondingly moving saidopposed means along said respective guideways, a second operating devicehaving a portion disposed at the side of the inking mechanism where itmay be manually operated for controlling angular displacement of the inkdelivering means and a third operating device having a portion disposedat the side of the inking mechanism where it may be manually operatedfor controlling linear displacement of the ink delivering means.

10. Inking mechanism comprising a support, a form roller carried by thesupport and removable upwardly therefrom, means for delivering ink tothe form roller, the ink delivering means having a portion movablegenerally vertically into and out of location adjacent the form rollerwhen carried by said support, opposed operating members mounted on saidportion of the ink delivering means and means for shifting together saidoperating members relatively to the ink delivering means betweenoperative position Wherein the operating members are adapted to engagethe form roller adjacent the ends thereof and remove the same from saidsupport upon generally upward movement of said portion of 11. Inkingmechanism comprising upwardly open form roller bearings, form rollermeans mounted in said bearings so as to be upwardly removable therefrom,means for delivering ink to the form roller means, the ink deliveringmeans having a portion movable generally vertically into and out oflocation adjacent the form roller means when disposed in said bearings,operating members carried by said portion of the ink delivering meansrespectively disposed adjacent the ends of the form roller means, ashaft extending transversely of the ink delivering means, connectionsbetween the shaft and the respective operating members whereby uponturning of the shaft the operating members may be moved to positionsbelow the ends of the form roller means and means for raising saidportion of the ink delivering means to remove the form roller meansupwardly from said bearings.

12. Inking mechanism comprising upwardly open form roller bearings, formroller means having at the ends thereof shaft portions adapted to bedisposed in said bearings, said shaft portions extending through saidbearings and having their ends projecting beyond the outer faces of saidbearings, means for delivering ink to the form roller means, the inkdelivering means being movable into and out of location adjacent theform roller means when the form roller means are positioned with theshaft portions thereof disposed in said bearings and means carried b theink delivering means disposable thereon in position to engage said endsof said shaft portions to lift the form roller means out of saidbearings upon movement of the ink delivering means out of said location.

RAYMOND K. HOLTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,414,818 Kunz Jan. 28, 1947 Certificate ofCorrection Patent No. 2,561,873 July 24, 1951 RAYMOND K. HOLTZ It ishereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of theabove numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 2, line 5, strike out been; column 6, line 42, strike out two;column 10, line 69, for said, second occurrence, read such;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read as corrected above, sothat the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent;Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of October, A. D. 1951.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents.

